Fluid-level indicator.



PATENTED AUG. 25

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'. siding at Brandon, in the Province of Mani? toba and Dominion of-Canada, have invented .fiuid level indiatorsand is, especially adapt-- VCHARLES BR NT; or B AND NQ-timi'romQ can-mg FLUmmEvEL. mnroa'roa.

Be it known that I, OHAR ns BRENT, re-' a certain new and usefulImprovement 1n Fluid-level Indicators of which'the followis a full,clear, and exact description, reff mgls. 1 invention relates toimprovementsin F ed for use in connection with the fluid tank float andthereby of a fir'e extinguisher to show the amount of liquid which hasbeen used and thean ount' yet remaining for use at another time..-v

More s e'cifically the invention relatesto a I Referring to the drawingsFigure 1 is anend elevation of'a tank provided with m device, and Fig. 2is a vertical section 0' the same.

I have shown one embodiment of my invention in the drawing wherein thetank 1, is provided with a suitable. trunnion 2, which is mounted in abearing carried by a bracket 3.

This trunnion 2 is preferably provided with a threaded opening 4/ andwith another opening 5 leading to the'inside of the tank. A lug '6 issecured in the opening 4 and is provided with a casing'8 carrying a ring9 en aging a packing ring 7 for securing a glass p ate 10 in place andwith an opening 11 for the passa e of a shaft 12, which extends from thecham er in the casing 8 within the tank 1. The opening in the trunnion 2and in the plug 6 is larger in each instance than the shaft 12.Whichgoes through them whereby Specification oi Letters fittes Applicationflied. January 2, 1907. Serial-No. 860,357. I

" liquid may pass into rence being had to, theaccompanying draw' ing Sisprovided-upon its back with a dial 13, whichmay be provided withgraduations and legends showing the severalfconditions with-' inthetank; .The shaft 12 is provided with an index member 14, whichtravels about the dial 13 and on the opposite end, inside of the tank1-, with aboss'15'having secured'therein 'a rod 16 at the end of whichis a hollow float Patented Aug. 25, 190s.

the casing s. The Gas 17; This rod '16, carrying-the float and the Iindex member -14 are arranged upon the shaft'12 in a manner such thatthey will ooo e'rate with each other andmove to ether, t at is, asthe'float moves down with't uid as it is discharged from the tank 1, theindex member 14 likewise moves down over Having described my invention,claim:

1.. In combination, a fluid tank, a trunnion said trunnion, a casingcarried by said trune liq-l i the graduations and legends of the dial13- and indicates the level of the liquid or fluid .inthetank.'

carried thereby, a shaft extending through nion, and in opencommunication with said I tank, said casing having a sight openin a dialwithin said casing, a shaft exten ing through said trunnion, an indexmember carried by said shaft within said casing and a float mounted uponthe inner end of said shaft and adapted to operate said index member.

2. In a fluid level indicator, in combination, a fluid tank, anindicator casing havin a glass front and secured to said tank an alsohaving an opening which establishes communication between the two, ashaft extendin throng said opening, a float mounted upon said shaftwithin said tank and an' index member within said casing and operated bysaid shaft for indicating the amount of fluid within said tank.

In testimony 'whereof I in the presenc'e'of two witnesses.

CHARLES BRENT. Witnesses:

(GEORGE H. DRAPER, MICHAEL J. GALVIN.

aflix my signature from the tank into said casing

